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Ram 1500 to get Pentastar V6 choice in top-shelf versions

Ram has seen such positive consumer feedback from its 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 and TorqueFlight 8-speed automatic transmission in the Ram 1500 that it’;s bringing the powertrain upmarket, and it truly is now going to be available in truck’;s Laramie trim degree (Laramie Restricted pictured above). The new choice signifies much better fuel economic system and decrease pricing in one of the 1500’;s greater-end versions.

A Ram 1500 Laramie Quad Cab 4×2 with the 3.6-liter Pentastar and 8-pace automated will retail for $ 38,775, plus a $ 1,195 location charge. It’;s a financial savings of over $ 1,000 more than the trim’;s recent commencing cost.

Ram says the selection to provide the V6 option was consumer driven. “Today’;s V6 engine is a lot stronger than yesterday,” explained Nick Cappa of Ram Truck media relations to Autoblog. Cappa notes that dealers have reported consumers returning from test drives who cannot feel there are only 6 cylinders working underhood.

The Pentastar Laramie uses the exact same 3.6-liter V6 with 305 horsepower and 269 pound-feet of torque as other trims. In rear-wheel drive configuration, it is rated at 17-miles-per-gallon city, 25-mpg highway and 20-mpg combined. With 6-cylinder Laramie versions not obtainable but, their recognition is almost certainly also early to forecast, but Cappa says his firm believes that “the demand is there.”